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Why is it so hard to stop people dying from snakebite? (mosaicscience.com)
2 points by Osiris30 on Sept 18, 2019 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


I think that most deaths from snakebites are actually in places where the closest place to get treatment is pretty far

Another important factor is the lack of education in this subjects.

Many years ago I was running with friends in dunes next to the beach. One of my friends got bitten by snake

We were out of nowhere and because we were running my friend heartbeats were fast which caused the venom to run faster inside is body

One of the guys had a lot of knowledge about snakes and when we called the ambulance he told them the snake type, color, and made us carry our friend instead of letting him walk until the closest place the ambulance could pick him up to avoid the venom go even faster in his blood.

My friend survived

and I became a proud HN user




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